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Carolyn Banks
Carolyn Banks (born February 9, 1941) is an American novelist, short-story writer, editor, and screenwriter residing in Bastrop, Texas. Writing career 20th century Her first national publication was her short story "Idyll," which appeared in ''Voyages,'' a literary magazine, in 1968, alongside the work of Anaïs Nin, Josephine Miles and Theodore Weiss. In 1972, the oft-reprinted "Growing Up Polish in Pittsburgh" appeared in ''American Mix'' (Lippincott). A version of this story appeared as "The Virgin of Polish Hill" in Plume's 1992 ''Catholic Girls''. Her stories appeared in several issues of Yellow Silk. Her first novel, ''Mr. Right'' (Viking), appeared in 1979. ''Cosmopolitan'' called the novel "...a triumph of erotic and witty narrative tension with an impact as startling as it is satisfying." The book was reprinted by The Permanent Press in 1999. ''Mr. Right'' was followed by ''The Darkroom'' (Viking, 1980), ''The Girls on the Row'' (Crown, 1983) and ''Patchwork'' (Crown, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bastrop, Texas
Bastrop () is a city and the county seat of Bastrop County, Texas, United States. The population was 9,688 according to the 2020 census. It is located about southeast of Austin and is part of the Greater Austin metropolitan area. History Spanish soldiers lived temporarily at the current site of Bastrop as early as 1804, when a fort was established where the Old San Antonio Road crossed the Colorado River and named ''Puesta del Colorado''. Bastrop's namesake, Felipe Enrique Neri, Baron de Bastrop, was a commoner named Philip Hendrik Nering Bogel, who was wanted for embezzlement in his native country of the Netherlands. In Texas, he assisted Moses and Stephen F. Austin in obtaining land grants in Texas and served as Austin's land commissioner. In 1827, Austin located about 100 families in an area adjacent to his earlier Mexican contracts. Austin arranged for Mexican officials to name a new town there after the baron who died the same year. On June 8, 1832, the town was platted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
